Garment.



G. W. PEASE.

GARMENL APPLICATIQN FILED lumi is, 1916.

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llill! GEDRGE W.. JPESE, 0F PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMIENT.

i Specification of Lettera Patent.

`npplieatlon led .Tune 13, 1916. Serial No. 103,371.

To all whom it may concern.'

` Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Friese, a citizen ofthe United States, resident of Pittsfield, county of Berkshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Garment, of which the following is a specification.

fllhis invention relates to garments such as overalls, pajamas, and the like, and has y for its object:

First. To produce a union garment hav ing a back drop, which may be readily lowered or raised and fastened in place, and at the same time will permit the wearerto bend forward or stoop without incon venience.

Second. To render the back pocketsV readily accessible.`

Third. To exclude dust, and

Fourth. To reduce liability of interference with machinery or other objects with which the user may come in contact.

These and further objects will more fully appear from the following specification and accompanying4 drawings considered together or separately.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a rear view of a portion of a garment embodying my invention, showing the back drop raised. Y

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the back drop lowered.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Fig. e is a sectional View on the line 4--Ll of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. l

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on `the line 6-6 of Fig. l.

Fig. 'l is a. sectional View on the line 7--7 of Fig. l.

Fig. 8 is a back'view of a portion of the garment, showing a modification of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 9 9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a front view, on a. reduced scale, of the garment illustrated in Fig. l, and

Fig. 11 is a detail of one form of fastening for supporting the extension of the back drop.

in all of the views like parts are desig- .nated by the same reference character.

ln carryingvout my invention l provide an upper part l, in the form of a coat, jacket, Jumper or the like. To this upper part is attached the lowei` part 2, in the form of trousers, pants or the like. Both parts are provided with a front opening 3 which extends from the neck or collar down to the crotch'. Une side of the front opening is connected to a side opening or slit 4f, such slit being adjacent to the waist line 5. Only one slit is illustrated, but if desired two may be employed, one on each side of the front opening, such as` is illustrated in my copending application for patent filed February lst, 1916, Serial Number 75,497. The front is closed by suitable fastenings, such as buttons. These fastenings also close the ends of the slit or slits 4:. The details of the front of the garment may be modified as desired, and a slit l is not essential and may be omitted if desired.

rlllie lower part 2 is provided with a back drop 6. This back drop G is provided with an extension 7. This extension is preferably made integral with the back drop. The extension 7 is adapted to be inserted inside of the back of the upper part l and to extend upward a considerable distance. The back drop and extension are secured in place to the rest of the garment by suitable fasten ings. At each upper corner of the extension or adjacent thereto is a suitable fastening 8. In the embodiment chosen` for illustration, this fastening is in the form of a button 8, cooperating with the buttonhole 8a. Suit able meansare provided for supporting the upper part of the back drop. ln the embodiment chosen for illustration, these means consist of fastenings 9, 9, in the form of buttons engaging with buttonholes 9a, such buttonholes being located at or about the line 5 of the waist. Additional fastenings 10, 10, are illustrated below the fastenings 9, 9. In the embodiment chosen for illustra.-

tion these fastenings are in the form of but tons engaging with buttonholes 10a, 10a.

As an additional means of excluding dust l prefer to use a dust excluding flap l1, which is secured to the inside of the back of the upper part of the garment above the upper end of the extension l (see Fig. e). This dust excluding flap is not essential.

0n the back of the back drop are the usual Patented Feb. d, ldld.

`ings are illustrated in the form of buttons.

In F ig. 11 instead of a buttonhole I employ a clasp 16 adapted to engage with'either of Y thebuttons 8 or 15.

i In'use, the garment is put on by opening the front 3 and the slit 4 by disengaging the fastenings which hold the same in place. The legs'inay be then introduced'into the lower part of the garment and the arms afterward introduced in the sleeves and the front opening 3 and slit l closed and fas Y tened. The back drop is held up by the engagement ofthe buttonsor fastenings 9 and l() with their buttonholes, and the extension 7 isheld up by the engagement of the buttonsp8'or 15 with theirappropriate supports which may be either the buttonholes 8a or clasp 16, Vor equivalent device. When in -Y such position the user may readily reach the pockets 12, 12, without undoing any fastenings." He may also bend forward or stoop without thereby opening any part of the garment at the back and exposing the clothes underneathy or admitting dirt or dust.v vThis is apparent from an inspection of Fig. 5 which is a section taken at about the waist line. When bending forward the body will bend along a line to the rear of the center,

f as for example along the line afa: The

cross in the center of the lineaJ a indicates the approximate position of the spine. The

Y fastenings 8 and 9 are situated in front of the bending line z'. e. thespine. As the body bent forward on the line afa Fig. 5 thel buttons 8 and V9 will be brought Vcloser together causing the cloth between the but-V tons to be folded or puckered and this fold in the cloth will relieve the strains which would otherwise be put upon the cloth and button securing means if the distance remained constant. The bending of the body i forward will lengthen the line between the hips and shoulders of the wearer and raise fthe unfastened back portion of the lower edge of the jacket portion 1 of the garment relatively to the back of the trousers portion andi expose the Vclothing under the overalls if the extension 7 is not present. The exten `sion, however, rising as it does a considerable distance above the lower extremity of the back of the jacket will prevent the exposure of the garments and also when the wearer resumes an upright position will pref venttliemv from bulging through the gap formed; between the jacket and trousers- The extension being located inside of the body of the jacket and the lower edge of the back of the jacket fitting snugly the waist of the wearer there will be no loose skirt liable to be caught in moving machinery.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that I have succeeded in producing a garment which will have a back drop which `may be lowered and which when elevated will be `secured in position with the minimum number of fastenings and which will not require elastic attachment to compensate for changes in position of the wearer.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the principle of my invention, together with the apparatus which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative and that the invention may be carried out in other ways.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A union garment comprising a coat and trousers permanently united at some place in the front, the rear of said coat portion terminating at approximately the waist line, a back drop, and an extension of said back drop, said extension extending up inside of the back of the coat above the waist line, fastenings above thewaist line connecting the upper corners of said extension to the coat at the sides of the latter, the upper edge of the extension being otherwise unsupported, detachable fastening means Connecting the back drop to the coat portion at the waist line, and detachable fastening means for securing the back drop to the trousers.

2. A union garment comprising a coat and trousers permanently united at some place in the front, the rear of saidcoat portion terminating at approximately the waist line, a back drop, and an extension of said back drop, said extension extending up inside of the back of the coat above the waist line, and fastenings above the waist line connecting the upper corners of said extension to the coat at the sides of the latter, the upper edge of the extension being otherwise unsup` ported, and additional fastenings connecting the back drop to the garment at the waist line. i

. 3. A union garment comprising a coat and trousers permanently united at some place in the front, a backdrop, and an extension of said back drop, said extension being of a width equal to that of the back drop and extending up inside of the back of the coatJ for an appreciable distance above the waistline, detachable fastenings connecting the upper corners of said back drop to the coat at the sides of the latter, the upper edge of the extension being otherwise unsupport-- mamas W ed, detachabe fstenings for securing the This specication signed and witnessed sides'of the back drop to the sides of the this tenth dey of June, 1916. coat, detachable fastenings for securing the sides of the back drop to the trousers, and a GERGE W' FRASE dust excludingap carried by the coat, the Witnesses:

extension resting [between the dust Hap and ANNA E. BENTON,

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